My Husband is a Drama King [Book Transmigration] 37

Chapter 37: The Wedding Feast

Song Changxu bought a book and went back. On the other side, Feng Xin’ou had arrived at the Jiang family’s. Jiang Zhuo had already told his parents that he had passed the exam to become a xiucai.

Jiang’s parents’ attitude towards him had improved. Jiang’s father said, “Why did you only come now? I was thinking of having a meal with you.”

Feng Xin’ou’s attitude towards Jiang’s father was the same as always. “I was kept behind to have a meal with my teacher.”

Jiang Zhuo smiled and looked at Feng Xin’ou. Feng Xin’ou’s expression softened, and he took the initiative to talk about his studies.

Now that their son-in-law had become a xiucai, he was a person of some standing in Shuibo Town. Jiang’s parents also had face, so they had a good attitude towards Feng Xin’ou.

Jiang Zhuo said a few more words to his parents and then went back to the village with Feng Xin’ou.

He had bought a few pieces of meat. He said, “My parents secretly gave me two taels of silver. You’ll need to spend a lot of money in Jinhe County, so I accepted it.”

Feng Xin’ou sighed. “I’ll have to thank my in-laws.”

He now had the empty title of a xiucai. The fifty acres of land the government had exempted him from taxes, he had to make good use of.

Out of caution, Feng Xin’ou had still refused the sponsorship of a merchant. Merchants valued profit, and there was no such thing as a free lunch in the world.

Jiang Zhuo nodded. He also hoped to improve the relationship between his husband and his parents, so under normal circumstances, he would speak well of his husband to his parents, and speak well of his parents to his husband.

Jiang Zhuo let out a small breath, sat next to Feng Xin’ou, and rested his head on his shoulder. Feng Xin’ou reached out to support him to prevent him from falling off the ox-cart.

They were a married couple, and there was no one on the ox-cart watching them.

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After Song Changxu returned to the village, he put away his books, his head a little groggy. He had had a few cups of wine with them today. After washing up, Song Changxu wanted to go to bed for a while.

After sleeping for a shichen, Song Changxu knew that his parents had gone to the fields to work again. He first went to fill the water vat. After fetching the water, his energy recovered a little, and he went to his room to read.

In the evening, the family had braised pork. Xu Cheng cried out and reached for it with his chopsticks.

Song Mingyan served him a few pieces. Song Changxu served Xu Zhizhou some braised pork, and Xu Zhizhou smiled.

The plate of braised pork was quickly finished. Liang Su had bought a lot of meat yesterday, and there was still some in the kitchen. They could make another meal tomorrow.

After eating, Xu Zhizhou went back to his room and first handed the purse he had embroidered to Song Changxu. “You can use this as a new money pouch.”

Song Changxu accepted it.

Xu Zhizhou lay on his back on the bed, swinging his legs. Before he had swung them a few times, Song Changxu was on the bed, pressing down on his legs and kissing him.

Xu Zhizhou’s legs trembled, and his eyes reddened. “What are you doing?”

Do what you want, but why are you kissing my legs?!

This is the style of a brothel.

He only knew that only people in brothels would do such things with their bodies. Otherwise, they would all do it according to the book.

Xu Zhizhou’s face turned red with anger.

Song Changxu gently pinched his leg, his lips and tongue not stopping.

Xu Zhizhou wanted to kick this bewitched man.

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There was another feast in Qishan Village. The willows swayed in the wind. Early in the morning, the villagers all went to the Sun family’s. Sun Luzhen was getting married.

Xu Zhizhou was the first to see Sun Luzhen. He looked at his friend in his wedding dress and held his hand. “Luzhen, you look so beautiful today.”

Sun Luzhen smiled shyly. “I’m marrying into Xigu Village. You’ll still have to come and see me in the future.”

Xu Zhizhou: “I will.”

“If Bai Yuan bullies you, you tell me. No matter where I am, I’ll come back and help you beat him up.”

Hearing this, Sun Luzhen’s heart warmed. “Alright. If Bai Yuan is not good to me in the future, I’ll say that I have a good friend who is the husband of an official. If he dares to act recklessly, I’ll complain to you.”

The idea of being the husband of an official, Xu Zhizhou had only told Xu Zhici, Sun Luzhen, and Song Changxu.

He wouldn’t just say it out loud. It would probably make people laugh and think that he was an ignorant ge’er.

Xu Zhizhou was pleased by Sun Luzhen’s words. “Of course. Even if I’m not the husband of an official, I’ll definitely help you.”

Sun Luzhen said alright.

After a while, the villagers also came, filling the entire house. The aunties and husbands came to tease Sun Luzhen.

When the time came, Sun Luzhen put on his red head covering and was carried out by his elder brother. Xu Zhizhou looked at Sun Luzhen’s back with a sense of melancholy, watching him being handed over to Bai Yuan.

The wedding sedan took Sun Luzhen away with the sound of gongs and drums.

Sun’s parents wiped their tears, and Sun’s brother and sister-in-law were also a bit wistful. Some of the villagers had already gone to Xigu Village to prepare for the feast.

Song Changxu came over from the young men. He patted Xu Zhizhou’s shoulder. “How are you?”

Xu Zhizhou’s eyes were red. “Looking at Luzhen, I’m reminded of my own wedding. At that time, my parents and elder brother also looked at my back like this.”

He only knew that he was marrying into the Song family then. After he got on the wedding sedan, all he could see was the red head covering.

Song Changxu was stunned. He said, “It’s fine. You can still see your in-laws now.”

Xu Sunzheng was smoking a pipe and chatting with an old man from the village. Cao Qin was also talking to someone.

Xu Zhici had started to talk to Song Mingyan. The two of them hadn’t talked much before. Now, after a few more conversations, they found that they had many similar thoughts and gradually became familiar.

They still had to go to Xigu Village for the feast. Xu Zhizhou hadn’t had a feast in a long time. This time, he was with Song Changxu.

Song Changxu was seated on the outside and had to receive the dishes. He was the first at the table to see the dishes. He placed the dishes Xu Zhizhou liked within his reach.

Xu Zhizhou gave Song Changxu an approving look.

“Eat more meat,” Xu Zhizhou whispered.

Song Changxu nodded.

He took a few pieces of meat and found that the meat dishes at the feast were average. The few vegetable dishes were quite good, so he ate more of those.

Xu Zhizhou was also depressed to find that the cook the Bai family had hired was not good. He ate the vegetable dishes with Song Changxu. A bowl of steamed pork with preserved vegetables was not bad, and Xu Zhizhou had three pieces.

“This is delicious.”

Song Changxu was full after drinking a bowl of soup and didn’t drink any wine. Xu Zhizhou hadn’t had enough. He continued to eat. When he was done, he saw that Song Changxu had stopped eating long ago. His face turned red.

“Of course you should eat more if it’s delicious.”

Song Changxu said, “Eat if you want to.”

Xu Zhizhou snorted. The two of them left the feast. Xu Zhizhou looked back at the Bai family’s house and then pulled on Song Changxu to find his parents.

Xu Sunzheng and Cao Qin were walking together. Seeing their second son and son-in-law come over, he said with a smile, “Why are you here?”

Xu Zhizhou: “I’ve come to talk to Elder Brother.”

In front of Xu Sunzheng and Cao Qin, Song Changxu was a perfect gentleman, which easily won their favor.

Xu Zhizhou glanced at Song Changxu. Look, he’s achieved a good reputation, and my parents think more highly of him now.

He pulled on Xu Zhici and said, “Elder Brother, I’m going to Jinhe County with my husband. In the future, when I’m not in the village, you’ll have to take care of our parents by yourself.”

Xu Zhici smiled and nodded. “Don’t worry. I’m also happy for Changxu’s matter.”

Xu Zhizhou pulled on Xu Zhici’s arm and leaned against him. “Elder Brother is the best. That wretched Xie Huaichuan still hasn’t come back.”

Hearing Xie Huaichuan’s name, Xu Zhici’s face grew worried. “He said he could come back this year. I don’t know when.”

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Author’s Note:

Little Song: I also want to see my brother-in-law. [Eating melon]

Little Xu: I get angry just thinking of that Xie. [Furious]